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Iowa Choices: Career Planning Center
http://iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1658&Itemid=2466
Choices® is Iowa’s state-wide career information and decision making system, designated by the Iowa Department of Education. Choices®, a tool for helping you determine a career and educational path to accomplish your goals, is provided by the Iowa College Student Aid Commission.
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Careers
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Great Prairie AEA: Parent-Educator Connection
http://www.gpaea.k12.ia.us/programs--services/parent--educator-connection.aspx
The Parent-Educator Connection works to develop and sustain effective partnerships between families, educators, and community providers to promote the success forall children and youth with disabilities.
PEC coordinators work with parents, educators, and local school districts to provide
PEC programs, services, and activities; they are also parents of children or young adults
with special needs. Please call your PEC coordinator for more information about what
the PEC can do for you.
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Special Education
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Great Prairie AEA: Parent-Educator Connection
http://www.gpaea.k12.ia.us/programs--services/parent--educator-connection.aspx
Communication between parents of students with special needs, teachers, and Great Prairie AEA staff, is the focus of the Parent-Educator Partnership. Presentations, a resource center, parent support groups, advocacy, and courses for parents, are part of the program.
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Special Education
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AEA 13: Parent-Educator Connection
http://www.ghaea.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69:parent-educator-connection&cati
This site provides just a sampling of the information you can receive from AEA 13's PEC, which serves approximately a 7 county area in southwest Iowa. The mission of the Parent-Educator Connection, a state-wide network of families and educators, is to promote effective partnerships through communication, education, and collaboration for the education and wellbeing of children and young adults.
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Special Education
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Parenting Pipeline - Kindergarten
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/homefamily/parenting/pipeline.htm
Iowa State University Extension provides a multi-page newsletter especially for parents of kindergartners. Great tips on what to expect at school, communicating with your kindergartner, socializing, responsibility, etc.! Great tips!!
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Elementary
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Parenting Pipeline - Kindergarten
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/homefamily/parenting/pipeline.htm
Iowa State University Extension provides a multi-page newsletter especially for parents of kindergartners. Great tips on what to expect at school, communicating with your kindergartner, socializing, responsibility, etc.! Great tips!!
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Learning about My Child/Student
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Parenting Pipeline - Newsletter for Parents of 4th Graders
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/homefamily/parenting/pipeline.htm
The ISU Extension provides a multi-page newsletter for parents of fourth graders. It includes traits of fourth graders, ideas for learning at home, disciplining, homework recommendations. Great information for parent of fourth graders!
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Elementary
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Homelessness in Iowa
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=422:homeless&catid=58:diver
The Iowa Department of Education provides information about programming and services for the education of homeless children and youth in Iowa.
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Diverse Learners
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Fun Ways to Read with Your Child
http://tinyurl.com/Iowapirc0907
This pamphlet developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides fun ways for families to get involved in their children's reading.
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Elementary
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Fun Ways to Read with Your Child
http://tinyurl.com/Iowapirc0907
This pamphlet developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides fun ways for families to get involved in their children's reading.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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Fun Ways to Read with Your Child
http://tinyurl.com/Iowapirc0907
This pamphlet developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides fun ways for families to get involved in their children's reading.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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Fun Ways to Read with Your Child
http://tinyurl.com/Iowapirc0907
This pamphlet developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides fun ways for families to get involved in their children's reading.
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Elementary
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Communicating with Your Teen
http://tinyurl.com/Iowapirc0905
This pamphlet developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides families with family-friendly ways to communicate with their teens.
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High School
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Catching the Homework Habit
http://tinyurl.com/Iowapirc0904
This brochure developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource center) provides family-friendly information for helping students develop good homework habits.
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Homework
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Busy Parents Helping Busy Children
http://tinyurl.com/Iowapirc0903
This brochure developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides "family-friendly" tips for parents as they seek to provide learning opportunities for their children at home and in the community.
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Elementary
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Busy Parents Helping Busy Children
http://tinyurl.com/Iowapirc0903
This brochure developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides "family-friendly" tips for parents as they seek to provide learning opportunities for their children at home and in the community.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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All Our Children? The Health and Education of Children of Immigrants
http://www.fcd-us.org/sites/default/files/2007%20Annual%20Report%20-%20All%20Our%20Children.pdf
The centerpiece of the Foundation for Child Development's 2007 Annual Report, All Our Children? The Health and Education of Children of Immigrants is an essay by Alexandra Fuenmayor Starr. Ms. Starr writes about U.S. immigration policy for Slate, The New Republic, and The American Scholar. Her essay, "The Dividends of Investing Early: Why We Need to Help the Youngest Children of Immigrants," argues that young children of immigrants, over 90 percent of whom are citizens, will have a large impact on America's cultural and economic vitality. Investing in the healthy development of these children is critical to our nation's future.
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Health and Learning
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All Our Children? The Health and Education of Children of Immigrants
http://www.fcd-us.org/sites/default/files/2007%20Annual%20Report%20-%20All%20Our%20Children.pdf
The centerpiece of the Foundation for Child Development's 2007 Annual Report, All Our Children? The Health and Education of Children of Immigrants is an essay by Alexandra Fuenmayor Starr. Ms. Starr writes about U.S. immigration policy for Slate, The New Republic, and The American Scholar. Her essay, "The Dividends of Investing Early: Why We Need to Help the Youngest Children of Immigrants," argues that young children of immigrants, over 90 percent of whom are citizens, will have a large impact on America's cultural and economic vitality. Investing in the healthy development of these children is critical to our nation's future.
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Cultures and Diversity
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Parent Information Point: Next Steps
http://www.missouri-pirc.org/school_downloads/Parent_Information_Point_Next_Steps.pdf
This publication from the National Family and Parenting Institute describes models for establishing partnerships between families and schools, including information on funding and case studies.
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Parent/Family Involvement
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Illinois PIRC
http://www2.colum.edu/ilpirc/
Illinois PIRC implements and supports a variety of programs and policies, and provides resources to increase parental involvement, improve student academic achievement, and strengthen partnerships among parents, teachers, school administration and communities. Through six identified goals, Illinois PIRC develops an arts-based, intergenerational, community-centered approach to parent involvement that aligns with No Child Left Behind.
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Parent Information Resource Cent
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Positive Behavior Supports
http://www.ndpc-sd.org/documents/Evidence_Based_Practices/Iowa_Behavior_Alliance_Description.pdf
The Iowa Behavioral Alliance is a collaborative effort among the following: Drake University, Iowa State University, Iowa 4-H Youth Development of the University Extension, and the Iowa Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health.
A Coordinating Council consisting of these partners and other collaborators meet regularly to provide guidance and direction for the entire program. The Alliance vision is for Iowa's children to be healthy and socially competent and to succeed in school is for Iowa's children to be healthy and socially competent and to succeed in school and to graduate from school prepared for productive adulthood.
There are three components of the Iowa Behavioral Alliance: 1) positive behavior support , 2) children's mental health initiative, and 3) dropout prevention .
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Complementary Learning
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School Safety
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=769:school-safety&catid=460
Providing safe and secure learning environments is important to Iowa schools. To support this effort, the Iowa Department of Education has provided information that can help school leaders plan for possible crisis situations, including natural disasters and violent incidents. In addition, the Department offers safety tips and action steps for parents and students in helping create safe schools.
Several resources are available under the "Article Index." These resources include Iowa Communications Network (ICN) broadcasts regarding safe schools. The article index also provides supporting links that direct users to the Iowa Department of Education's Safe Schools Leadership Handbook, to the Iowa Homeland Security website, to resources from the U.S. Department of Education, and more.
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Complementary Learning
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Improving Assessment and Accountability for English Language Learners in the No Child Left Behind Ac
http://www.colorincolorado.org/research/policy
This report by the National Council of La Raza examines the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) on English language learners (ELLs). It concludes that while the law has not been implemented adequately, it holds considerable promise for closing the achievement gap between ELLs and other students. The issue brief also provides a road map for policy-makers and school administrators for improving the law’s effectiveness for ELLs.
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ELL
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National Community Education Association (NCEA)
http://www.ncea.com
This organizationprovides leadership to those who build learning communities in response to individual and community needs.
It does this by providing its members with national and regional training conferences and workshops; specialized periodicals, publications, and products; opportunities for peer support and networking; and information and referral services. In addition it acts as an advocate for community education by working with related organizations and promoting at the national, state, and local levels: parent and community involvement in public education;
the formation of community partnerships to address community needs; and
the expansion of lifelong learning opportunities for all community residents.
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Communities
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First Things First
http://www.irre.org/
First Things First, a framework for school reform, has one goal: to help students at all academic levels gain the skills to succeed in post-secondary education and good jobs. In the process, FTF helps districts and schools meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind.
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High Schools
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First Things First
http://www.irre.org/
First Things First, a framework for school reform, has one goal: to help students at all academic levels gain the skills to succeed in post-secondary education and good jobs. In the process, FTF helps districts and schools meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind.
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Advocacy
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Procedural Safeguards Manual for Parents Rights for Children Ages 3-21
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=602&Itemid=1604
The Notice of Procedural Safeguards: Rights of Parents of Students with Disabilities explains the specific rights and responsibilities of the parent in the special education process. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004 (IDEA 2004) requires school districts to give parents the Procedural Safeguards only one time a year, except upon: initial referral or on request for evaluation; the first occurrence of the filing of a due process hearing complaint; or upon request by a parent.
Note that manual is downloadable from this site.
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Special Education
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Procedural Safeguards Manual for Parents Rights for Children Ages Birth - 3
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=603&Itemid=1603
Parents have rights, known as procedural safeguards, which apply to every aspect of the early intervention process, such as evaluation, access to records, and Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP) team participation. State and federal laws and regulations outline what needs to happen for eligible infants and toddlers with conditions or developmental delays to enhance their growth and development. This document serves as your procedural safeguards notice and will help you understand the rights available to you and your child through a federal law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) Part C and the Iowa Administrative Rules for Early ACCESS Integrated System of Early Intervention Services.
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Special Education
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Just in Time Parenting Information
http://www.extension.org/pages/Subscribe_and_Receive_Parenting_Newsletters_by_Email
Learn about your child (birth to two) from newsletters from several states, including Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, New Mexico, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire. Information available in English and Spanish.
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Learning about My Child/Student
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Latino/Hispanic Cultural Influences on Assessing and Treating AD/HD
http://tinyurl.com/pirclatinoadhd
Understanding the influence of culture is especially relevant for Latino/Hispanic individuals with AD/HD since there is evidence that they are not properly identified and treated (Bauermeister et al., 2003; Leslie et al., in press). This article focuses on how the background, language and culture of Latino/Hispanic groups can have significant implications for the assessment and treatment of Latino/Hispanic children with AD/HD living in the United States.
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Special Education
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Developmental Milestones: The 7-Year-Old
http://tinyurl.com/pirc7yearoldmilestones
In the early school years, you won’t see dramatic changes in your child’s motor skills because this is a period of refinement, when coordination improves and fine motor skills are sharpened. But you will notice remarkable changes in his/her social and thinking skills. Your child is now building on the base of skills he/she developed during early childhood and moving toward greater independence, both intellectually and emotionally.
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Learning about My Child/Student
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Child Development: 9- to 12-Year-Olds
http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/health-nutrition/early-adolescence.gs?content=867
In late elementary and middle school your child experiences a period of tremendous intellectual, social-emotional, and physical change. School demands increase, friends become as important as family, and puberty begins to reshape her/his body. This is also a time when individual differences among children become more apparent.
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Learning about My Child/Student
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Developmental Milestones: The 8-Year-Old
http://tinyurl.com/pirc8yearoldmilestones
During grades 1 through 3, you won’t see dramatic changes in your child’s motor skills because this is a period of refinement, when coordination improves and fine motor skills are sharpened. But you will notice remarkable changes in social and thinking skills. Your child is now building on the base of skills developed during early childhood and moving toward greater independence, both intellectually and emotionally.
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Learning about My Child/Student
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Developmental Milestones: The 6-Year-Old
http://tinyurl.com/pirc6yearoldmilestones
In the early school years, you won’t see dramatic changes in motor skills because this is a period of refinement, when coordination improves and fine motor skills are sharpened. But you will notice remarkable changes in social and thinking skills. Your child is now building on the base of skills developed during early childhood and moving toward greater independence, both intellectually and emotionally.
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Learning about My Child/Student
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Learning to Read — Research Informs Us
http://tinyurl.com/pirclearningtoread
Most kids learn to read no matter what method of instruction is used. But 20 percent of school age kids are poor readers and remain that way through their lifetime. You may have heard that letter reversals are an early indicator of reading problems. Actually, many young kids exhibit some reversals as they're learning to form letters and sequence from left to right. The scientific, independent research results tell us that reading is a language-based skill. This means that delays in early language development are better predictors of reading problems.
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Elementary
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Preparing Your Preschooler To Read
http://tinyurl.com/pircpreparingpreschooler
As your child's first and most influential teacher, you’ve taught your 3-5 year old a lot about reading and writing. By providing opportunities each day for your child to practice emerging skills, you’re laying the foundation for her to become a successful reader. She’s learning that print is a powerful means of communicating knowledge and information and can be lots of fun, too.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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Preparing Your Preschooler To Read
http://tinyurl.com/pircpreparingpreschooler
As your child's first and most influential teacher, you’ve taught your 3-5 year old a lot about reading and writing. By providing opportunities each day for your child to practice emerging skills, you’re laying the foundation for her to become a successful reader. She’s learning that print is a powerful means of communicating knowledge and information and can be lots of fun, too.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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Developmental Milestone: Ages 3 through 5
http://tinyurl.com/pircmilestones3to5
Since birth, you’ve watched your child grow and develop. You’ve noted his height and weight, when he crawled, stood, and walked, even when he spoke his first words — and perhaps compared all of these milestones of his infant and toddler years to the "norms." The preschool and early school years are also full of changes. From three to five your child’s motor skills, language, thinking, and social development change dramatically. Knowing what to expect as your child grows can reassure you that your child is on track with his peers or alert you to potential concerns. Below are some milestones to watch for during the preschool years.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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Developmental Milestone: Ages 3 through 5
http://tinyurl.com/pircmilestones3to5
Since birth, you’ve watched your child grow and develop. You’ve noted his height and weight, when he crawled, stood, and walked, even when he spoke his first words — and perhaps compared all of these milestones of his infant and toddler years to the "norms." The preschool and early school years are also full of changes. From three to five your child’s motor skills, language, thinking, and social development change dramatically. Knowing what to expect as your child grows can reassure you that your child is on track with his peers or alert you to potential concerns. Below are some milestones to watch for during the preschool years.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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Improving Reading Speed and Comprehension
http://tinyurl.com/pircreadingcomprehension
What can be done to improve reading speed and comprehension skills? The recent report of the National Reading Panel had a whole chapter on reading fluency. And that’s really what we’re talking about is reading fluency and automaticity, which are directly linked to comprehension.
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Middle School
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Improving Reading Speed and Comprehension
http://tinyurl.com/pircreadingcomprehension
What can be done to improve reading speed and comprehension skills? The recent report of the National Reading Panel had a whole chapter on reading fluency. And that’s really what we’re talking about is reading fluency and automaticity, which are directly linked to comprehension.
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High School
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Developmental Milestone: Ages 3 through 5
http://tinyurl.com/pircmilestones3to5
Since birth, you’ve watched your child grow and develop. You’ve noted his/her height and weight, when he/she crawled, stood, and walked, even when he/she spoke his/her first words — and perhaps compared all of these milestones of his/her infant and toddler years to the "norms." The preschool and early school years are also full of changes. From three to five your child’s motor skills, language, thinking, and social development change dramatically. Knowing what to expect as your child grows can reassure you that your child is on track with hish/er peers or alert you to potential concerns. Access this web site for some milestones to watch for during the preschool years.
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Learning about My Child/Student
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Kids with Reading Problems in Middle and High School
http://www.greatschools.org/students/academic-skills/middle-and-high-school-reading.gs?content=330
Recently, there’s been a lot of research and discussion about early intervention and teaching basic reading skills to kids before the age of nine. But what happens to kids with delayed reading skills when they enter middle and high school? Are accommodations in the classroom enough? Is it too late to teach reading?
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High School
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Kids with Reading Problems in Middle and High School
http://www.greatschools.org/students/academic-skills/middle-and-high-school-reading.gs?content=330
Recently, there’s been a lot of research and discussion about early intervention and teaching basic reading skills to kids before the age of nine. But what happens to kids with delayed reading skills when they enter middle and high school? Are accommodations in the classroom enough? Is it too late to teach reading?
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Middle School
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